According the report, “These colors have been used for the
Gate House far back anyone consulted the subject can remember. Edison’s West Orange laboratory was originally
surrounded white picket fence.
SM Voucher 745,1890; see also NPS, "HSR, Gate House, Building No. The
wooden fence and gates remained place until 1917, when they were replaced
with brick gate posts, iron gates, and steel fencing.585
The original color the structure not known. The Gate House, west the brick archway, was added the fall 1890. 9," pp. Edison
Laboratory National Monument," prepared Melvin Weig and Norman Speiden, April 21, 1959, 11.
582 Purchase voucher 679, December 1893. 1959, the exterior walls and
gable ends were brick red color, and the doors, shutters, and other wood trim
were dark green.
681 Ibid. 9," 4.
The single-story Gate House one-room shingled structure with two windows in
a bay facing Main Street, and single windows either side the building.683 The total
cost for the building was $670.“686 In
172
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684 NPS, "HSR, Gate House, Building No.582
Construction the Gate House began August 1890 with deliveries trench
stone and cement, and was complete December the same year.684 The
“Historic Structures Report” suggests that bronze and brass fittings were
purchased for the Gate House order avoid magnetic interference with the
laboratory’s galvanometers, just they were for the physics laboratory next
door., 9.680
660 National Park Service, "Historic Structures Report-Part Gate House, Building No.History the Structure. 4-9.681 1893 one the windows doors was repaired
with piece Venetian glass. Double-swinging gates opened into the drive
separating the north side Building and the entrances Buildings and
4. 9," also Purchase Voucher 785, 1890. Two paneled wooden doors provide access to
the street and the drive. August 1890 purchase voucher for ash
railing and bronze butt hinges indicates that there may have been partition with
a two-way swinging gate originally installed inside the Gate House.74. All
four windows are double-hung and bordered with red and yellow stained glass;
louvered shutters flank the windows., 9.
685 NPS, "HSR, Gate House, Building No.
886 Ibid
